You forgot one of the worst moments – the December 6, 1998 game against the Jets where the refs mistook Vinny Testaverde’s helmet for the ball on 4th and goal in the final minute and awarded him the winning touchdown.

Cost the Hawks a playoff spot and cost Dennis Erickson his job (which maybe wasn’t so bad an outcome…).

jshawaii22 says:Jul 22, 2011 6:53 PM

I guess those are OK… but take #3 or 4 and replace it with the day all Seahawk fans learned that Mr. Hutchinson is a big A-Hole and the term “transistion tag” became the joke of the league.

While the “we want the ball and we’re gonna score” comment turned out to be embarassing on a national level . . . no real Seahawk fan will blame Hasselbeck for that loss. Receivers that couldn’t catch or run the right routes (specifically on the deciding play, Alex Bannister) cost them in that one. Also they were a long shot to win that game from the start so the fact they even played into OT was a pleasant surprise. The loss to the Packers 2 years later in the playoffs, 42-20, was a much worse moment considering they were up 14-0 and if they won would’ve hosted the NFC Championship vs the Giants.

madpunter88 says:Jul 23, 2011 11:36 AM

I agree about Super Bowl XL and the 1987 playoff loss to the Oilers. Both terrible moments in franchise history. It is easy to forget that 1987 game but the Seahawks lost that one controversially. Fredd Young intercepted a pass in OT that would have given the ball to the Seahawks and prevented the Oilers kicking the game-winner. The referees botched the call, though. They battled back in that game and should have won it only to lose on a field goal. It was a devastating loss. Personally, it was the hardest loss for me to accept in the history of the franchise.

As for the 2003 and 2004 playoffs losses. Meh, not that big of a deal in retrospect since they were building a winner. They went to the Super Bowl with the same team in 2005 so hard to be upset about those losses in ’03 and ’04. No Seahawk fan is embarrassed by the “We want the ball and we’re gonna score line.” I still think it was a great moment. Didn’t turn out well but the fact that he had such confidence is good.

No list of worst moments is complete without acknowledging the botched call in the 1998 season-ending game with the Jets. It was monumental for the league as that game was the deciding factor in bringing back the replay rules as they exist today. And it cost the Seahawks the playoffs and Erickson his job.

But, clearly, the day Ken Behring bought the Seahawks was the worst moment. It ushered in a lost decade that nearly cost the city its team as he wanted to move to L.A. in 1996.